Borders and the Limits of Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6136201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert M Hayden (0000-0002-4379-3325, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Anthropology of East Europe Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-4720 • E-ISSN: 2153-2931 |
| Publisher | IUScholarWorks (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14434/aeer.v37i1.33575 |
| OpenAlex | W3213781730 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In this article I introduce a variety of social, political and economic collectivities to analyze ways in which their interactions are influenced by borders as the territorial delimitations of legal authority, or jurisdictions. The limits of authority within such collectivities are seen in the overlapping grants of authority that impact them. To the extent that borders delineate spheres of legitimate action by governments, they can be defensive of the rights of people within them as well as protective of the rights of governments to impinge on those same rights, or both simultaneously. Borders can thus be constraining of those who cannot easily pass across them, yet simultaneously unconstraining of international actors who may be predatory on those who expect their state to protect them. If we are to understand borders, boundaries and cognate phenomena, we need always to take both sets of relations into account
Action (physics · Law and economics · Political authority · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |